Opening
Openings—whether of new stores, concessions, pop-up spaces, or showrooms—serve as vital signals for growth, retail strategy, and market confidence within the UK jewellery trade. These events reflect investment trends, consumer demand, and brand expansion across high streets, shopping centres, luxury precincts, and online platforms. Jewellery Focus delivers immersive coverage of jewellery-related openings—highlighting launch strategies, merchandising layouts, location selection rationale, promotional activity, footfall outcomes, and post-launch performance. Our trade-centric reporting provides retailers, brand managers, developers, and suppliers with actionable insights into best practices for retail activation, partnership models, inventory planning, and measuring commercial success tied to new entry points in the sector.
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Oct- 2017 -30 OctoberRetailers
Watches of Switzerland opens Manchester boutique
Watches of Switzerland has announced the opening of a new Manchester showroom. Previously located on King Street, the newly designed retail space has enabled the brand to expand to two floors. The move marks the next step in the company’s expansion plans by taking up residence in Manchester’s St Ann’s…
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27 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Watchfinder sponsors England for 2017 Rugby League World Cup
Pre-owned watch specialist Watchfinder has teamed up with England Rugby League to support the nation throughout its Rugby League World Cup 2017 campaign in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. The Maidstone-based company’s logo will be displayed on the right sleeve of England players’ shirts for the upcoming tournament,…
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26 OctoberDesigners
London Road Jewellery welcomed to John Lewis
Oxford saw the opening of the first John Lewis store, welcoming the range of British jewellery brand London Road Jewellery. The brand is also stocked in 22 other John Lewis stores nationwide. Behind the London Road brand are a brother and sister team, third generation manufacturer of fine jewellery, based…
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25 OctoberRetailers
Laings opens Tag Heuer ‘shop-in-shop’ concept
Family jeweller Laings has announced the opening of its exclusive TAG Heuer ‘shop-in-shop’. The store, which is on the site of its recently refurbished store has been re-opened with an area dedicated to the luxury watch brand with watch experts on hand to take customers through the models available. Based…
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16 OctoberDesigners
Deakin and Francis to open first flagship store
After 230 years on the manufacturing side, designing and making cufflinks and accessories, Birmingham stalwart Deakin & Francis is set to unveil its very first flagship store on 1 November. Based at the Piccadilly Arcade in London the store will be filled with a range of cufflinks, jewellery and luxury…
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13 OctoberRetailers
W E Clark and Son Jewellers set to open third showroom
W.E Clark & Son Jewellers will be opening a third showroom, to add to its existing ones in in Lewes and in Eastbourne. The new addition will be located in Uckfield, East Sussex and the family-run business will have it open on 27 November, in time for the Christmas period.…
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6 OctoberDesigners
Anthony Paul Jewellery celebrates 35 years
Anthony Paul Jewellery is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, with events including a competition. Since opening the first shop in Farnham Common in 1982, the jeweller now holds stores in Windsor, Henley-on-Thames and Maidenhead. For the anniversary competition, the fine jeweller is giving entrants the chance to win a…
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2 OctoberDesigners
Jewellery making tourist attraction comes to Cumbria
Husband-and-wife duo Brian and Zoe Fulton have opened a new visitor attraction. The Fultons Lakes Jewellery Works is located in the historic market town of Keswick in the northern Lake District, and will offer a unique and exclusive luxury experience in which customers will be able to see jewellery being…
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Sep- 2017 -19 SeptemberRetailers
Luxury jewellery Laings opens £1m flagship store
Joe Walsh, the CEO of Laings, independent luxury jeweller and Scotland’s oldest family jeweller, opened a new £1m store in Southampton last week (Friday 15 September). The new store is located in the city’s Westquay Shopping Centre on Harbour Parade. The new flagship showroom replaces the former Parkhouse store on…
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12 SeptemberDesigners
Bill Skinner opens first international store in China
Bill Skinner, the fashion jewellery brand, has opened its first international store in China with the launch of a Shanghai premises. Located in Raffles City shopping centre in the heart of Shanghai, the store features the entire current Bill Skinner range. The store celebrated its opening on Thursday 24 August.…
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